Bracelet.



A.EKLUN D.

BRAQBLET; APPLIOATIONII LED MAY 20, 1912.

1,047,623, Patented Dec. 17, 191 2;

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 5:0.I WASHINGTON, D. c

ALEXANDER EKLUnnjor arrLnnono, MnssAo Us'ETrs, Ass xenon. To J'. F. STURDY1S sons 00., 0F A' vrLEBoR'orALLs, MASSACHUSETTS, A conPoRA'rIoN o jRHonE ISLAND.

To all whom it may concern. i

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER EKLUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bracelets, and the object of the invention is to provide 1m proved and novel means for, locking the free ends of the two hinged sections.

Further the invention aims to provide a locking device in which the catch is permittedto center itself in locking.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracelet in open position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional View. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 isv a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guard' Fig. 6 1s a similar view of the catch, and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the catch in locked position. i

The bracelet is formed of two sections, 1

p and 2 connected by a hinge 3. On the interior of the free end of section 1 is a trans- I verse keeper plate 4 that is formed with an elongated rectangular slot 5 to permit the end of the guard 6 that hasthe right angular stop 7 to have a relative sidewise move ment, for which purpose the slot 5 is of greater length than the width of the guard 6. The opposite end of the guard 6 is formed with a pair of teeth 8 which are spaced apart, and an abutment 9 which has its outer side rounded. The catch member 10 is of substantially U-shape and isformed with teeth 11 which project inwardly from the inner face of one leg of the catch,.thc

teeth 11 being spaced apart andintermeshing with the-teeth 8 of the guard, the catch receiving the guard in the space between the legs of the U. The free end of the leg of the U that has the teeth 11 is spaced from the rear side of abutment 9 of the guard 6 to receive in said space the end'wall 12 ofa.

housing 18, which housing is rigidly secured on the interior of the freeend of section 2 and which when the parts are in the locked position depicted in Fig. 7 of the drawings, abuts the plate or keepert of the section 1. The catch member 10 is formed of spring material in Which the legs thereof have a tendency at all times to movegaway from proper and an arm which ceiving one end of the BRACELETF Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedD em l'f, 1 912 Application filed May 20, 1912. SeriaINo 698,359.

proper 15 being i,

with a catchproper 15, atit-s In operation it wi lbe seen that sincethe I iguard 6 is capable of having sidewise movement with respect to the keeper 4 that when the parts aremoved to lockedposition-theabutment -9 and thescatch proper l5 will simultaneously engagethe-"end walls of the.

keeper formed by v the 1 slot; 5, which results in perfect centering of the latch during the locking movements of the same.

Having thus described my invention, IY jclalm as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bracelet composed of a pair of sections hinged at one end, a keeper formed of a plate that has an elongated slot therein, a guard of less widththan the length of said slot received in the latter and'having a stop at one end that engages on the rear side of I the keeper, the opposite end of the guard having an abutment and spaced teeth, a U- shaped catch member receiving the last mentioned'end of the guard in the space between its legs, one of the legs having teeth which mesh with the teeth of the guard, the free side of abutment, a housing in the free end of the other section having an end wall which engages in the space between the rear side'of the abutment and the free end of said leg, said housing having an opening, the other leg of the catch having a catch extends through the opening of the housing.

2. In a bracelet composed of a pair of sections hinged together at one end, a guard slidably connecting the opposite ends of the sections, and a catch member of -U-shape reguard in the space between the legs ofthe U.

'end of said leg being spaced from the rear 7 3. In a bracelet composed of a pair of sec- I tions hinged together'at one end, a guard havingv one end connected to the opposite end of one of the sectionsand having its other end slidablyconnected to the opposite end of the other section, the first named end of the guard having teeth, and a U-shaped catch member secured to the guard and receiving the guard between its legs and having teeth which intermesh with the teeth of the guard.

4. In a bracelet composed of a pair of sections hingedly connected at one end, a slotted keeper secured to the free end of one of the sections, a guard having one end received in said slot and having a stop for engagement with the keeper, an abutment on the opposite end of the guard, a housing secured to the free end of the other section and having an end wall which engages said abutment, and a catch member which engages over opposite sides of the guard and which has one end engaging the rear side of said housing end wall, the other end of the catch member extending through said housing end wall.

5. In combination with a pair of hingedly connected bracelet sections, a slotted keeper secured to the free end of one of said sections, a housing secured to the free end of the other section, a guard having its ends extending respectively through the slot of the keeper and through the end wall of said housing, and a U-shaped catch member which receives the last named end of the guard in the space between the legs of the U and is connected thereto, the catch proper of the catch member extending through the end wall of the housing.

6. In combination with a pair of hingedly connected bracelet sections, a slotted keeper secured to the free end of one of said sections, a housing secured to the free end of the other section, a guard having its ends extending respectively through the slot of the keeper and through the end wall of said housing, an abutment on one side of the guard arranged adjacent to said end wall of the housing, and a catch member connected to the guard which has its catch proper disposed on the opposite side of the guard and extending through the end wall of the housmg. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER EKLUND.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

